How to pronounce 吞 in Cantonese (46 out of 78):

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不如你吞了再講 不知道你說甚麼
you swallow it first and then tell me? I don't know what you said. I

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

不如 bat1 jyu4
not as good as
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
吞 tan1
to swallow
to take
to annex
to engulf
to gulp
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
再講 zoi3 gong2
say again, talk again; furthermore
不知道 bat1 zi1 dou6
not knowing
說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
甚麼 sam6 mo1
what

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